Frequently Asked Questions
Call for
applications
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The start date for the call may vary depending on the year. If you want us to notify you when a new call opens, you can sign up to our notification service.
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No. The fellowships are to pursue a bachelor’s degree or higher artistic education at any public university or public higher education centre in Spain.
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This call for fellowships includes an additional provision for an overseas stay for fellows, but always within the framework of the fellowship.
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Yes. You should inform the ”la Caixa” Foundation as soon as possible, and the amount you received for the internship may be deducted from the fellowship payment.
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The fellowship is not compatible with any other paid work or other fellowship or grants from other organisations that cover the same items, unless the ”la Caixa” Foundation expressly authorises this, with the exception of the general fellowship from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training or the Basque Government, whose compatibility will depend on the resolution from both entities.
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The fellowship is only for full-time on-campus courses, apart from in exceptional circumstances such as those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Yes. Actually, it’s a good idea to have alternative options, in case you can't do the first option. You can list these options in your statement of purpose.
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You can only do this as long as you are not doing two separate degrees at the same time. In other words, it should be a double-degree itself and not two degrees.
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Yes, as long as all the requirements established in the rules of participation of the call are met. Applicants who wish to pursue Higher Artistic Education must pass the last year of Baccalaureate or Higher-level of Vocational Training (CFGS) in the current academic year and be beneficiaries of the fixed allowance for income of the general scholarship. The marks that will be taken into account for the preselection will be the final marks of Baccalaureate or Higher-level of Vocational Training.
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Applicants who have completed the baccalaureate must pass the university entrance exams for the university in the call, in the first sitting for the academic year. However, students pursuing Higher-level of Vocational Training (Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior) or students from Bachibac programme do not need to sit the university entrance exams.
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No. The start of the fellowship must be the same as the start of the academic year after finishing the baccalaureate or Higher-level of Vocational Training.
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No. These fellowships are aimed at students who are in the last year of the baccalaureate or Higher-level of Vocational Training and, as such, are starting university-level studies for the first time.
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No. These fellowships are aimed at students who are in the last year of the baccalaureate or Higher-level of Vocational Training and, as such, are starting university-level studies for the first time.
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These fellowships are for pursuing bachelor’s degree at public universities, public centres of higher artistic education or public education centres affiliated with universities. In this case, in your application you need to select the university with which the centre is affiliated. Bear in mind that the fellowship only covers the public price set by the Autonomous Community for each academic year.
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No. We do not accept applications for degrees at private universities or private affiliated centres, even if they are affiliated with a public university.
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No. We only award fellowships for official bachelor’s degrees. We do not accept unofficial courses or degrees awarded only by the university itself (and not by the Ministry of Education).
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The language covered by the fellowship is English, unless the fellow is taking a degree related to the English language such as English Studies, English Language and Literature or English Translation and Interpretation. In this case, with prior authorisation from the ”la Caixa” Foundation, fellows may take a different language course apart from English.
Application
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No.
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Yes, as long as you meet the requirements set for the application. Bear in mind that, in order to apply for these fellowships, you must have been a recipient of the general grant from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training or the one from the Basque Government in the last year of the baccalaureate or Higher-level of Vocational Training.
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No. You must have received the fixed income amount to apply for this fellowship, since this is the amount that proves that the applicant is in Family Income Threshold 1.
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We will only accept applications from candidates who have received notice that they have been awarded this grant by the competent government body before the end date of the call.
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No. Students who exclusively pursue International Baccalaureate studies are not beneficiaries of the general grant from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training or the Basque Government and, as such, do not comply with the requirements stablished in this call.
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Yes. These courses grant access to undergraduate degrees.
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Yes. These courses grant access to undergraduate degrees.
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No.
Documentation
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No. The documentation can only be attached to the application using the on-line application platform.
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No. Request and receipt of letters of recommendation can only be done using the on-line application system for a ”la Caixa” fellowship.
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Letters of recommendation are requested by filling in the mandatory fields on the application form, particularly on the "Reference letters" section. Once it has been completed, ”la Caixa” Foundation will contact the individuals who you listed via e-mail. In the e-mail, we will provide them with a webpage address where they can fill in and send the letter using an on-line form.
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Contact is immediate. ”la Caixa” Foundation automatically sends them the e-mail as soon as you have provided the requested information.
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In the "CV" section of the application, attach the transcript of records for the baccalaureate or Higher-level of Vocational Training with a list of the courses you’ve taken and the respective grades, as well as the final grade at the end of your studies. You should also attach your transcript of records for Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) with a list of the courses you’ve taken and the respective grades, as well as the final grade at the end of your studies.
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When you send in your application you should have finished the baccalaureate or Higher-level of Vocational Training.
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No. When you send in your application you should have finished the baccalaureate or Higher-level of Vocational Training. If you do not have your final transcripts of records yet, get in touch with your education centre to request it as soon as possible, since you won’t be able to send in the application without it.
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No. In your application you should only list what you can accredit or show.
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No. Each and every one of the requirements and deadlines must be duly complied with. Any incomplete application on the deadline for applications will be disregarded.
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Yes. You can add other documents in the "Other Documents" section as long as they are all in one PDF file.
Selection process
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No, the committees’ decision is final and unappealable. The submission of an application for a ”la Caixa” fellowship implies the applicant's express acceptance of both the programme entry requirements and the decisions made during the selection process for applications.
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No. ”la Caixa” Foundation fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis, which means that the individuals evaluating the applications make their decisions by choosing those who, in their opinion, are the best among those applying. Every year, ”la Caixa” Foundation receives a very large number of applications in all their fellowship programmes. For this reason, the fact that an application has not passed the selection process does not necessarily mean that it has weak points or mistakes, but instead, there were other applications that received more favourable consideration than those that were finally rejected based on the criterion of the panels of professors evaluating them. For more information related to the evaluation process, visit the "Application assessment" section in our website.
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No. According to standard practice in the selection processes using the peer review system, applicants are not informed of the identity of the individuals who will evaluate their application or of the composition of the selection boards who will interview the applicants. Nevertheless, once the selection processes have ended, a list of all the professors and researchers who took part in them will be made public.
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Yes. You will find this information in the "Application assessment" section in our website.
On-line application platform:
technical problems
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To activate the account as an applicant, it is necessary to click on the link that you receive in the registration e-mail. If your e-mail account disables the links (e.g. Hotmail accounts tend to do this), you should copy the link to your browser’s address bar. Your access codes will not be activated until you have completed this step.
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Send a scanned copy of your National Identity Card to [email protected] so that we can verify your information and make the necessary corrections.
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The on-line application platform only allows a limited number of sections. You should select the aspects of your curriculum which you consider to best support your application. In the on-line form, you have a text field at the end where you can add additional information that you consider worthy of mention.
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The documents have a size limit, beyond which the system rejects them and prevents them from being attached to the application. The on-line form specifies the limits for each case. Most of the time, file sizes can be significantly reduced by creating a pdf document and optimising compression settings:
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a resolution between 90 and 120 ppp,
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black and white or greyscale printing.
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Most likely, you don't see the updated file because of your computer’s cache. You can clear your browser’s cache or delete all temporary files to see the right document.
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It is possible that the letter has been finished but has not been submitted yet. It is necessary for the referee to submit it for the system to include it in your application.
